Thursday, January 17, 2008

"regime that sits in Tehran. Iran is today the world's leading state sponsor ofterror. It sends hundreds of millions of dollars to extremists around the world-- while its own people face repression and economic hardship at home. Itundermines Lebanese hopes for peace by arming and aiding the terrorist groupHezbollah. It subverts the hopes for peace in other parts of the region byfunding terrorist groups like Hamas and the Palestine Islamic Jihad. It sendsarms to the Taliban in Afghanistan and Shia militants in Iraq. It seeks tointimidate its neighbors with ballistic missiles and bellicose rhetoric. Andfinally, it defies the United Nations and destabilizes the region by refusing tobe open and transparent about its nuclear programs and ambitions. Iran's actionsthreaten the security of nations everywhere."

Kuwait's Parliment Member (Islamist Party) Nasser al-Sane pleaded with Great Satan to go easy on the little fiefdom which has served as a launchpad to regime change Iraq back in '03. Worried about the possibility of

"the use of force against Iran ... We don't want our region to be an area ofwars and bloodshed."

"Two or three of these events — maybe not quite as dramatic as this one — hashappened over the last year. A reminder that there is a very unpredictablegovernment in Tehran."

Little Satan agrees - being a democratic member of the UN that Iran has threatened to wipe off the map, she makes her own plans - regardless of an Arab coalition

"It’s up to the international community to act in a determined way to stopIran’s nuclearization. But at the same time, we have the responsibility toprepare for any scenario in the event that international efforts do notsucceed."

"Saudi Arabia is a neighbor of Iran in the Gulf. We are keen that harmony andpeace should prevail among states of the region."

F. Gregory Gause III, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont makes a good case that even with smart bombs

"The Saudis are playing a sophisticated game here. They see Iran as a risingpower in the region—in Iraq, in Lebanon, and among Palestinians. They fear thatIran [the major Shiite power] will be the ultimate beneficiary of the Iraq war[because of Iraq’s large Shiite population] and so they do want to contain them.But they want to contain and embrace at the same time. They don’t want a directconfrontation with Iran. They had those direct confrontations during theAyatollah Khomeini period during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s and they didn’tlike it."

"They are less worried about a military confrontation with Iran than aboutIran's growing influence in the Arab world. In other words, what Arabgovernments truly fear is militancy and the public support for it thatundermines their own popularity and stability."

Def Sec Gates laid it on the line - discussing stability, instability and Iran's longevity in her wicked, hegemonic game.

"There can be little doubt that their destabilizing foreign policies are athreat to the interests of the United States, to the interests of every countryin the Middle East, and to the interests of all countries within the range ofthe ballistic missiles Iran is developing.

That said, there may be some in the region who believe that the staying powerand strength of the United States have been diminished or undermined by the warsin Iraq and Afghanistan. They may believe our resolve has been corroded by thechallenges we face at home and abroad.This would be a grave misperception.

Over the past century, many nations and empires and movements have looked to our shores in search of signs of vulnerability – signs that Americans are weak orundisciplined; that we are stretched thin and unable to fulfill our commitments;that we do not have the patience or the will to face a long-term challenge; thatopen and vigorous debate in our democracy reflects underlying divisions andirresolution with respect to defending our vital interests.

Imperial Germany, Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, the Soviet Union, Ba'Athist Iraq, the Taliban and the Mahdi Army – all made this fundamental miscalculation. All paid the price. All are on the ash heap of history."

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"Imperial Germany, Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, the Soviet Union, Ba'Athist Iraq, the Taliban and the Mahdi Army – all made this fundamental miscalculation. All paid the price. All are on the ash heap of history."

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